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The magazine was co-founded and run by three American Muslim women in 2010 inspired by the publication's former magazine, Islamica. The magazine successfully printed bi-annullly from 2011-2018 with daily digital content and exclusive interviews in the form of print, audio and visual stories. The magazine's core principle was to allow for a space for stories of all kinds related to American Muslims, while striving for abiding by ethical journalism. Despite it's many successes, including a number of exclusive interviews and having articles referenced in mainstream press in America often, and challenges the magazine could not sustain itself or find the proper funding to continue publishing. It never officially shuttered but stopped active publishing in 2018.

This site is archived. The homepage below will select articles at random for your viewing. The previous print issues are also available for your viewing.

The Unpredictable Nation: America In the Age of Trump

WINTER/SPRING 2017

Are American Muslims The Pivotal Hot Button Issue This Election?

SUMMER/FALL 2016

Mass Movement to Nowhere

WINTER/SPRING 2015-2016

Racism Changes

SPRING/SUMMER 2015

New Perspectives on America's Muslims

FALL/WINTER 2014

Will America Ever Move Past Racism?

SPRING/SUMMER 2014

New Faces of America: Leaders, Politicians and Entrepreneurs

FALL 2013

What if Obama Wins? Loses? What’s at Stake for Muslims?

FALL 2012

Radioactive Muslims: American Muslims as Outsiders

WINTER/SPRING 2012

The Revolution or Evolution of the East

SUMMER/FALL 2011

2011 and Reflections on the Past Year

2011

Featured Pieces

Muslim. Woman. Hip Hop. Artist.

TIMTV short Muslim. Woman. Hip Hop. Artist. Interview of Algerian born Canadian songwriter a

The Islamic Monthly Staff | January 13th, 2015

FRAMING THE War on Terror

[Headnote] Are the mental models guiding post 9/11 policy leading to actions that help to eliminate or inadvertently inc

Islamica | October 5th, 2007

We’re Not on Board with Canada’s No-Fly List

In the wake of the high-profile story of a 6-year-old, Syed Adam Ahmed, caught in Canada’s no-fly web in late Dece

Faisal Kutty | January 29th, 2016

Muslims Need to Admit Anti-Shia Oppression is a Problem

I’ve never felt comfortable in Muslim spaces dominated by those who openly or surreptitiously ascribe to a belief

Roqayah Chamseddine | April 4th, 2017

My Father, the Liberal Salafi Feminist

When I was sixteen years old, my father handed me a thin paper folder consisting of numerous hand-written, translated ve

Sana Saeed | September 5th, 2013

Taking God Out of the Machine

Ex Machina and the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence You’re immediately drawn to her. You believe in her. &n

Hasan Azad | May 1st, 2015

The Creeping GOP: Women’s Health and Inclusive Democratic Space

On June 25th, State Senator Wendy Davis became a nationally and internationally recognized hero for standing up at the T

Beeta Baghoolizadeh | July 16th, 2013

Obama on Drones and Bush on Torture

*first published in November 2013 in print Upon his election in 2008, President Barack Obama promised a new path forward

David Cole | September 1st, 2014

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